Confiscation proceedings under POCA 2002 following conviction for handling stolen vehicles.
We were appointed on behalf of the Defendant who had been convicted of handling two stolen vehicles, the value of these being around £40,000. The Prosecution applied the ‘criminal lifestyle’ assumptions and he faced a confiscation order for around £250,000. Unusually, his realisable assets were far in excess of the benefit figure, being well over £1 million.